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Title: These Rims any Good?
Post by: E74 on June 13, 2008, 07:34:16 pm

has anyone here bought any of these?, if so are they good quality or not??

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/RIMS-TTR-WR-WRF-DR-DRZ-RMX-KTM-EXC-KTM-SXC-KDX-KLX-FE_W0QQitemZ320262258898QQihZ011QQcategoryZ32628QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: Doc on June 13, 2008, 07:37:55 pm

E74 the quality is fine but they're no good for vintage unless you have a special way of lacing them up. The older bikes use much smaller nipples than the later models which makes the new rims from late models incompatible with older hubs ;)

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: oldfart on June 13, 2008, 08:04:30 pm

Ring around some of the wheel builders as they may help , pretty sure I saw some up in Briz-vegas last week  ( Ash's spoked wheelz ) being large nipples with small spokes

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: yzhilly on June 13, 2008, 08:14:48 pm

I'm chasing the same thing for my YZ front wheel , If you can get the large nipple to suit the small spokes that would solve a problem for me also . Keeps us posted please .

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: 090 on June 13, 2008, 08:25:31 pm

There is no problem getting them. Robin at Go Scooters in Moss Street. I have a set on my square barrel.

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: YZ250H on June 13, 2008, 08:28:39 pm

I've seen these and been meaning to ask the same question myself.
Which YZ you talkin' about Hilly.  I thought the SM pro on the front of the 400 was all go ???

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: yzhilly on June 13, 2008, 08:32:10 pm

Yeah thats the one and it doesnt have the right nipples in it .

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: YZ250H on June 13, 2008, 08:36:14 pm

Don't you hate it when you have the wrong nipples (as the plastic surgeon said to the nurse).
I thought that wheel of yours looked fine.  How much difference is there between the big and the small nipples?

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: Quicksilver on June 13, 2008, 09:34:50 pm

So are our old bikes race legal with modern rims? I thought everthing had to be pre whatever class your running.

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: caps 999 on June 13, 2008, 10:04:39 pm

just so people know the fat nipples dont work on some yzs the use a theread on some bikes thats between 9.5 and 10 and there is no one that currently manafactures tha size

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: LWC82PE on June 13, 2008, 10:17:48 pm

i think these may be the same rims here?  http://www.brucecollinsent.com.au/page10.html

it is possible to get large OD nipples to suit 9G spokes. these 2 places should be able to help

http://www.buchananspokes.com/nipples.htm

http://www.central-wheel.co.uk/cwc/spoke_details/spoke_details.html

but as others have said these are for modern disc brake hubs and do not fit drum brake hubs. you have to re drill the angles of the holes to suit drum brakes. the best thing to do is get blank rims specially drilled for your old drum brake hubs

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: firko on June 14, 2008, 09:21:28 am

As well as the nipple problem, I suspect that those rims are cheapo Chinese softys that flatspot as soon as you hit anything decent.

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: VMX247 on June 14, 2008, 10:26:42 am

Quote from: Quicksilver on June 13, 2008, 09:34:50 pm

So are our old bikes race legal with modern rims? I thought everthing had to be pre whatever class your running.

keeping it how it was in oz.
http://www.electromold.com.au/gallery.shtml

Title: Re: These Rims any Good?
Post by: matcho mick on June 14, 2008, 10:34:14 am

give Phil a ring at Road n Race,02 43884211,i did a late kwaka mxer rear last nite with 8g,some holes were elongated (from running too loose),used 350's( std 300's),admittedly 8g spokes,but pretty sure will have 9g big nipples,hth!,cheers  :P